Duties of Secretary
The Secretary of Agriculture is charged with the responsibility for the proper administration of sections 361a to 361i of this title, and is authorized and directed to prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out its provisions. It shall be the duty of the Secretary to furnish such advice and assistance as will best promote the purposes of said sections, including participation in coordination of research initiated under said sections by the State agricultural experiment stations, from time to time to indicate such lines of inquiry as to him seem most important, and to encourage and assist in the establishment and maintenance of cooperation by and between the several State agricultural experiment stations, and between the stations and the United States Department of Agriculture.
Ascertainment of entitlement
On or before the first day of October in each year after the passage of sections 361a to 361i of this title, the Secretary of Agriculture shall ascertain as to each State whether it is entitled to receive its share of the annual appropriations for agricultural experiment stations under said sections and the amount which thereupon each is entitled, respectively, to receive.
Carryover
In general
The balance of any annual funds provided under sections 361a to 361i of this title to a State agricultural experiment station for a fiscal year that remains unexpended at the end of the fiscal year may be carried over for use during the following fiscal year.
Failure to expend full allotment
In general
If any unexpended balance carried over by a State is not expended by the end of the second fiscal year, an amount equal to the unexpended balance shall be deducted from the next succeeding annual allotment to the State.
Redistribution
section 361c(c) of this titleFederal funds that are deducted under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year shall be redistributed by the Secretary in accordance with the formula set forth in to those States for which no deduction under subparagraph (A) has been taken for that fiscal year.
Plan of work required
Before funds may be provided to a State under sections 361a to 361i of this title for any fiscal year, a plan of work to be carried out under sections 361a to 361i of this title shall be submitted by the proper officials of the State and shall be approved by the Secretary of Agriculture.
Requirements related to plan of work
Research protocols
Development
The Secretary of Agriculture shall develop protocols to be used to evaluate the success of multistate, multi-institutional, and multidisciplinary research activities and joint research and extension activities in addressing critical agricultural issues identified in the plans of work submitted under subsection (d).
Consultation
section 3123 of this titleThe Secretary of Agriculture shall develop the protocols in consultation with the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board established under and land-grant colleges and universities.
Treatment of plans of work for other purposes
To the maximum extent practicable, the Secretary shall consider a plan of work submitted under subsection (d) to satisfy other appropriate Federal reporting requirements.
Mar. 2, 1887, ch. 314, § 7 24 Stat. 441 Aug. 11, 1955, ch. 790, § 1 69 Stat. 673 Pub. L. 86–533, § 1(22)74 Stat. 249 Pub. L. 94–273, § 3(2)90 Stat. 376 Pub. L. 105–185, title I, § 103(f)(2)112 Stat. 528 Pub. L. 107–171, title VII, § 7202116 Stat. 437 Pub. L. 115–334, title VII, § 7612(b)(2)132 Stat. 4832 (, ; , ; , , ; , , ; , title II, § 202(b), , , 532; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
section 379 of this titlesection 361h of this titleSection was formerly classified to . See .
Amendments
Pub. L. 115–3342018—Subsec. (e). added pars. (1) to (3) and struck out former pars. (1) to (4) which read as follows:
“(1) The critical short-term, intermediate, and long-term agricultural issues in the State and the current and planned research programs and projects targeted to address the issues.
“(2) The process established to consult with users of agricultural research regarding the identification of critical agricultural issues in the State and the development of research programs and projects targeted to address the issues.
“(3) The efforts made to identify and collaborate with other colleges and universities within the State, and within other States, that have a unique capacity to address the identified agricultural issues in the State and the extent of current and emerging efforts (including regional efforts) to work with those other institutions.
“(4) The manner in which research and extension, including research and extension activities funded other than through formula funds, will cooperate to address the critical issues in the State, including the activities to be carried out separately, the activities to be carried out sequentially, and the activities to be carried out jointly.”
Pub. L. 107–1712002—Subsec. (c). added subsec. (c) and struck out heading and text of former subsec. (c). Text read as follows: “Whenever it shall appear to the Secretary of Agriculture from the annual statement of receipts and expenditures of funds by any State agricultural experiment station that any portion of the preceding annual appropriation allotted to that station under sections 361a to 361i of this title remains unexpended, such amount shall be deducted from the next succeeding annual allotment to the State concerned.”
Pub. L. 105–185, § 202(b)1998—, inserted section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsecs. (a) to (c), inserted subsec. headings, and added subsecs. (d) to (g).
Pub. L. 105–185, § 103(f)(2), struck out at end “If the Secretary of Agriculture shall withhold from any State any portion of the appropriations available for allotment, the facts and reasons therefor shall be reported to the President and the amount involved shall be kept separate in the Treasury until the close of the next Congress. If the next Congress shall not direct such sum to be paid, it shall be carried to surplus.”
Pub. L. 94–2731976— substituted “October” for “July” in second par.
Pub. L. 86–5331960— repealed provisions which required the Secretary of Agriculture to make a report to the Congress of the receipts, expenditures and work of the agricultural experiment stations in all the States under the provisions of sections 361a to 361i of this title.
section 361h of this title1955—Act , amended section generally to prescribe the powers and duties of the Secretary of Agriculture, to provide for the determination of the amount of entitlement, to authorize deduction of unexpended balances, and to require reports. For provisions which stated that the relation of the college to the State was unaffected, see .
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1998 Amendment
section 202(b) of Pub. L. 105–185section 202(c) of Pub. L. 105–185section 344 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
67 Stat. 633 section 2201 of this titleFunctions of all officers, agencies, and employees of Department of Agriculture transferred, with certain exceptions, to Secretary of Agriculture by 1953 Reorg. Plan No. 2, § 1, eff. , 18 F.R. 3219, , set out as a note under .